What would Snape have to do....

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 138716

Gatta wrote:
> That, at least, would not have been too great a problem. He would have
> had a 50-50 chance of getting Harry on the first bounce, and if Ron
> had gotten the book, it seems to me Snape could have rigged a way of
> swapping them.

zgirnius:
Yes. In fact, anyone familiar with Slughorn would just put the HBP's 
book on top. The probability of Harry getting it would then certainly 
be higher than 50-50. I mean, to whom is Sluggie going to give a book 
first, the famous Harry Potter, or Reginald Whistley? (hee hee)

I also second bimbledor's question, though. If Snape was behind
getting the book to Harry, why did he act as he did when he discovered 
Harry knew Sectumsempra? If he was just trying to hide that it was 
*his* book by his surprised reaction, why did he later tell Harry he 
was teh HBP? Just curious how you;re thinking about this...